Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

Two More Teens Charged in Murder of Leslie Squair Baker, Ages 18 and 19

By Candy Evans / June 16, 2020 /

Two more suspects, both young men, have been have arrested in the Memorial Day murder of Preston Royal resident Leslie Squair Baker while she was parked in the driveway of her home. Police are saying the incident was an apparent carjacking. The assailants fired at Baker as she told a friend on the phone, “I’m…

Six Ways to Make Lake Forest Your New Home

By Candy Evans / June 13, 2020 /

Lake Forest is the secret that everyone knows about. Ensconced within a stone-and-iron wall, the gated, guarded North Dallas community spans 68 acres of park-like grounds in the shadow of Medical City and the High Five. Residents are fortunate to enjoy this secure, secluded little slice of heaven with its winding creeks, towering oaks, lakes,…

MSW Custom Homes Offers a New Take on This Modern Tudor Fit For a Family

By Candy Evans / June 12, 2020 /

I love this house because it’s like a child I have watched grow from the ground up. First, there was the lot, then the construction, and then one day a moving van followed by landscaping and Hot Wheels — all hints that a family was here and loving their new home at 11439 Crest Brook…

Trump Won’t Be at The Malouf Estate on Strait Lane Today, But The Street is Popular With Presidents

By Candy Evans / June 11, 2020 /

President Trump is coming to Dallas today. Word is that he will first meet with local police and religious leaders at Gateway Church on Northwest Highway and the Dallas North Tollway. on Hillcrest. The President plans to announce a plan for “holistic revitalization and recovery” at a roundtable with “faith leaders, law enforcement officials.” Small…

Dallas Police Brief Preston Royal on the Memorial Day Murder of Leslie Baker

By Candy Evans / June 10, 2020 /

“How I Am Going to Keep My Wife Safe?” Last Thursday evening, District 11 Councilmember Lee Kleinman, District 13 Councilwoman Jennifer Gates, and representatives from the Dallas Police department held a virtual call-in community meeting to discuss the Memorial Day murder of Preston Royal resident Leslie Baker. The hour-long meeting had originally been planned for…